There are mixed opinions on Andrew Carnegie. What would make him a hero? Andrew Carnegie was a man who became a millionaire. He started working at 12 due to his poor family and slowly rose to riches. He grew up in Pittsburgh near family; he then later was the supervisor of Pennsylvania’s Western Division. In 1861 he was asked to help with troop transportation in D.C. He then moved to New York City, NY, and that was where he primarily live till he died. He was born in 1835, sailed to America in 1848, Helped in the war in 1861, wrote a letter to himself in 1868, in 1872 he met Bessemer (He gave Andrew the heads up on steel), 1883 after a success in steel acquired a coal mill, in 1890 he had many steel mills and many other industries were about to be acquired as well, in 1901 he sold all of his company’s holdings for $480,000,000 (His share was $225,000,000), He died in 1919 after much philanthropy. A hero changes from person to person, but to most he or she is a good person. To acquire something is to buy or get hold of. Philanthropy is like charity or volunteering. Andrew Carnegie should be considered a hero because he created jobs, accepted the competition in the world, and he donated lots of money to worthy charities.…